Lettuce Recall in 19 States: How to Stay Safe

First cantaloupes, now lettuce. As the death toll rose to 18 in the cantaloupe-linked Listeria outbreak, 33,000 pounds of chopped romaine lettuce were recalled last Friday after one bag tested positive for the bacterium, The Associated Press reports.

While no illnesses or deaths have been reported in the lettuce scare, here's what you need to know to stay healthy and safe.

True Leaf Farms of Salinas, Calif., initially announced a voluntary recall of 90 cartons of romaine lettuce shipped to an Oregon food service distributor, which shipped the produce to Washington and Idaho, according to the AP. But Steve Church, chief executive of Church Brothers, which sells and markets the farm’s produce, clarified Saturday that the recall involved nearly 2,500 cartons.